Eight Army men booked for beating up three people in Ramban

Banihal/Jammu: A case was registered against eight Army personnel on Wednesday for allegedly roughing up three people in Ramban district, police said. The case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Banihal police station against a column of eight personnel of a Rashtriya Rifles unit on the complaint of a sarpanch, […]

SPO killed, forest guard injured as vehicle falls into gorge

Bhadarwah/Jammu: A special police officer (SPO) was killed and a forest guard seriously injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into gorge in Doda district on Thursday, officials said. Superintendent of Police, Bhadarwah, Abdul Qayoom said a Swift car was on its way to Gandoh from Bhatyas when the driver lost control […]

Delimitation panel official holds meet with DCs

Discusses redrawing of JK assembly seats

New Delhi: A senior official of the Delimitation Commission on Wednesday held consultations with all deputy commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir on restructuring of the existing assembly constituencies and carving out seven new seats. At a virtual meet attended by all the 20 DCs, inputs were gathered on how to make the assembly seats more […]

Ladakh parties bat for legislature, constitutional safeguards

Leh: A day before the meeting of mainstream parties from J&K with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, a grouping of socio religious and political parties in Ladakh on Wednesday raised the demand for a legislature in the UT along with safeguards like the Sixth Scheduled of the Constitution. The group, an amalgam of almost […]

Cop’s killing: Police questions suspects as CCTV captures killing

Srinagar: Some suspects are being questioned in connection with the killing of a cop in Nowgam area of the city here on Tuesday, even as the CCTV footage of the incident showed that two militants opened fire at the officer with pistols, officials said on Wednesday. Inspector Parvez Ahmad Dar was shot at and injured […]

Smuggler killed as BSF foils narcotics smuggling bid

Jammu: The BSF on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a major narcotics smuggling bid along the International Border in Kathua district and said it had gunned down a Pakistani smuggler during the operation. Officials said 27 kg of heroin worth about Rs 135 crore in the international market was recovered by the Border Security Force […]

Eastern Ladakh row: India, China likely to hold another round of diplomatic talks

Border issue should not be linked to bilateral relations: China

New Delhi: India and China are likely to hold another round of diplomatic talks this week on eastern Ladakh with a focus on moving forward in disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points, people familiar with the development said. They said the talks under the framework of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on […]